Barathan Pasupathi
JETSTAR Asia has appointed its former CFO, Barathan Pasupathi, as its new chief executive, replacing Chong Phit Lian, who stepped down on February 1, 2012 to pursue interests outside of the aviation sector.
Pasupathi has 16 years’ experience in various senior management roles across the energy, aviation and finance industries, including three years (2004-2007) as Jetstar Asia’s founding CFO.
He was most recently managing director of Mabanaft Singapore, a German oil-trading group based in Singapore.
Before that, he was CFO of Jazeera Airways & Sahaab Aircraft Leasing based in Kuwait.
Paul Daff will continue as acting CEO of Jetstar Asia until Pasupathi assumes his new role on July 2, 2012.
